Wilhoit holding kicking camp this weekend

James Wilhoit, a former Tennessee kicker, will be holding a Saturday Night Lights kicking camp at Moss Wright Park in Goodlettsville and Pope John Paul II on Saturday and Sunday.

There will be 43 kickers from seven states at the camp.

“All those guys will get a chance to compete under the lights and give them one last competition before fall camp starts,” Wilhoit said. “There will be a really group of talented guys there. You’ve got the kicker at Brentwood.

“The guys that are my counselors are like Brian Davis, who’s the kicker at Arkansas State, who was a Lou Groza semifinalist. Carlos Lopez, Middle Tennessee State’s kicker who just graduated. MTSU’s current kicker Cody Clark will be there. So will Aaron Medley, who just got a full scholarship to Tennessee. Will Batson, who was just in camp with the Titans who is now with the Cardinals, will be there.”

Wilhoit, a former Arena Football League kicker, is a kicking coach who will be working with the Mt. Juliet kickers this season.

“I was always frustrated in high school and college because there was never anybody there to coach the kickers,” Wilhoit said. “So a lot of times I was searching far and wide to get information about kicking. That’s why as I go through this I try to be that person who was never there for me during my time.”

Chip Cirillo is a high school sports writer who occasionally fills in on Predators coverage when Josh Cooper needs a day off. Chip has worked at The Tennessean since 1996. He feels your pain when you lose – longtime Cubs fan. And he knows the thrill of victory – grew up in Chicago suburb, loved watching Bulls in &nbsp;Michael Jordan era. Chip covered prep sports at The Leaf-Chronicle in Clarksville from 1983-95 and started at the Brentwood Journal after graduating from the University of Illinois.